. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . ckens could not get in and then spread some cotton sacks over that,lacking a little of coming to the bottom, so the air could pass course, when it rains we put some oilcloth over each end to keep outthe water, but Just as soon as the rain is over we take that off. Be sureto i-un your potato house north and south and place your door in thenorth end. At present we have our house full of potatoes. They have How to Grow and Harvest Sweet Potatoes. 103 been put up about six weeks, and are just t
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . ckens could not get in and then spread some cotton sacks over that,lacking a little of coming to the bottom, so the air could pass course, when it rains we put some oilcloth over each end to keep outthe water, but Just as soon as the rain is over we take that off. Be sureto i-un your potato house north and south and place your door in thenorth end. At present we have our house full of potatoes. They have How to Grow and Harvest Sweet Potatoes. 103 been put up about six weeks, and are just tis sound as can be. To keepfrom freezing in the winter, earth may be applied all around and to thetop, leaving one or two vent holes. Sweet potatoes may be kept in thesame way. HOW TO GEOW AND HAKVEST SWEET POTATOES. The sweet potato thrives only in a wann climate and soil, therefore theSouthern States offer the best fields. In the Northern States, a smallsweet potato, such as the Nansemond and Jersey Sweet, is grown withprofit, and could be grown in the South and shipped to Northern mar-. SWEET POTATOES kets with good results, as earliness would be an object. The seed pota-toes should be bedded in hotbeds in January, protected during cold weatherand set out when danger of frost is over. SOIL. The sweet potato will grow in most any kind of soil, providing theland is subject to drainage; a slightly sandy soil is always preferable, asit makes the cultivation and harvest more easy. No fertilizers are re-quired, unless the soil should be exceedingly poor; in fact, fertilizermay prove a detriment, as it may induce too many vines in place of tubers,but fertilizers may be used on the smaller earlier varieties with advantagewhen earliness is the object. VARIETIES. There are many useful varieties; prominent among the small earlvkinds are the Jersey Sweet, Jersey Red and Nansemond. Among the largerand later kinds are the Pumpkin Yam, the Southern Queen, the Vineless,Southern Eed and Suga
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